Walkeringham

Walkeringham
Village and civil parish
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Walkeringham
Walkeringham is located in Nottinghamshire
Walkeringham
Walkeringham
Location within Nottinghamshire
Map
Interactive map of Walkeringham
Area4.74 sq mi (12.3 km2)
Population1,118 (2021)
• Density236/sq mi (91/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 771923
• London135 mi (217 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN10
Dialling code01427
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewalkeringham.info
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°25′24″N 0°50′37″W / 53.42333°N 0.84361°W / 53.42333; -0.84361

Walkeringham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908,[1] increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census,[2] and additionally to 1,118 at the 2021 census.[3] The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century.[4] It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds.

Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older people. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).

Toponymy

The place-name Walkeringham seems to contain an Old English personal name Walhhere, + -ingas (Old English) meaning the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . , + hām (Old English) a village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., etc, so possibly ‘village of the people of a man called Walhhere.[5]

Walkeringham appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Wacheringeham and as Wacheringham.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Area: Walkeringham CP (Parish)"
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Walkeringham parish (E04007846)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 362. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  5. ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.41; A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.362; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.492
  6. ^ National Archives: E 31/2/2/3636
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